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CARD READERS

For companies migrating from proximity cards to contactless smart cards, AMAG Technology ofTorrance, California, has developed the XceedID reader line. The new readers will read proximity and contactless smart cards simultaneously. The technology also eliminates time-consuming, error-prone manual enrollment of new credentials into security system software and panels. The automated-upgrade feature is used when a company installs the readers for use with existing proximity cards. After installing the readers, they can deploy contactless smart cards at any time in the future. 201

MULTITECHNOLOGY READERS

The new multiCLASS card reader from HID Corporation of Irvine, California, accepts 125 kHz proximity cards, 13.56 MHz iCLASS cards, MIFARE, and HID multitechnology credentials. Readers feature complete programming and security control of technologies, so users decide which types of cards are to be read. The same proximity format and user identification numbers are brought across to future credentials, so the migration is transparent to the access controller. Readers use the same wiring connections, low-current consumption, and power supplies as previous readers. They also offer automatic tuning for consistent read ranges. 202

ENCRYPTION FOR READERS

Fargo Electronics of Minneapolis now offers a DESFire encoding option for its card printers/encoders. The secure contactless smart-card technology offers the speed, functionality, and convenience of a contactless card while maintaining high security. DESFire allows high-speed triple data encryption standard RF encryption between the card and the reader. The option will be available with the full range of the company's high-definition printing and direct-to-card product lines. 203

AIRPORT secURITY

ADT security Services Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida, has launched the XControl2, an airport security system that uses video and microwave motion technologies to monitor airport exits. The system targets intruders attempting to bypass security checkpoints by entering through exits or by throwing weapons or other objects to an accomplice on the other side of a checkpoint. The system is an exit portal featuring an archway design and uses both microwave and video motion technology to detect , movement and scan for people and objects traveling in the wrong direction. It features both a warning zone and an alarm zone. When an infraction is spotted, the system has flashing lights and signage and broadcasts an audible alarm. Simultaneously,...